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Binance never hedged client flow on BitMEX for over 60,000 BTC; the tale is fake news and, he jokes, technically impossible-like a crypto unicorn in a tuxedo.

It seems that even the towering titans of finance are adopting a posture of prudence when it comes to their Bitcoin forecasts. New on-chain signals and the stoic long-term holders whisper ominously that the specter of downside risk has yet to take its final bow.

Over yonder at Consensus Hong Kong, one of the co-founders, Zak Folkman, decided to drop a juicy tidbit about their latest endeavor: a foreign exchange platform they’ve dubbed World Swap. Sounds fancy, doesn’t it? It’s set to operate within the warm embrace of WLFI’s USDI stablecoin project. Now, if you’re wondering what all this means for liquidity, well, let’s just say it’s about to rain some financial sunshine on World Liberty Finance.

This noble decision, made last week, was intended as a protective embrace for clients and the firm alike-a classic case of “better safe than sorry,” or perhaps more accurately, “better safe than broke!”

Hardik Katariya, the crypto cowboy of The Crypto Times, sat down with Marcin Kaźmierczak, the Co-Founder and CEO of RedStone Oracles. Together, they unraveled the tale of how RedStone became the trusted sentinel for institutional heavyweights like BlackRock and Apollo, securing over $8 billion in assets with the diligence of a farmer tending his crops.

While there are signs of shifting sentiment and a broad market resurgence, data from SosoValue shows XRP ETFs recorded zero daily net inflows during their last trading session on Feb. 11. It’s the kind of statistic that reads like a shrug from the economy.

Now, just to keep the excitement brewing, Binance proudly reported that this dramatic transition was wrapped up in a mere 30 days. That’s faster than my last attempt at assembling IKEA furniture, and far less traumatic! The SAFU fund now boasts a whopping 15,000 BTC, valued at an eye-watering $1,005,000,000 at the time of writing (I mean, who doesn’t love a good round number, especially when it’s calculated at a BTC price of $67,000?).

BTC is perched near 68,000, attempting to plant a solid floor after a correction that arrived wearing a fedora and a ledger, courtesy of shifting macroeconomic expectations.

And just to prove he’s not pulling this out of thin air, he even cited a juicy article from the Financial Times, because who doesn’t love a little extra drama with their doom-and-gloom?

Ondo Global Markets announces that Chainlink data feeds for Ondo tokenized assets-including SPYon, QQQon and TSLAon-are live in production, securing DeFi integrations such as Euler and allowing users to borrow stablecoins against tokenized stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs); feeds reflect corporate actions and institutional‑grade pricing needed for onchain risk management.